• Family : LYTHRACEAE
  (Loose-Strife Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lythraceae
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb.
• Common name : Small flowered Crape Myrtle
• Vernacular name :
  • Lendia, Bakli, Sidi, Seina (Hindi)
  • Chennangi mara (Kannada)
  • Narinaaval, Mathara, Kadaa (Tamil)
  • Chinangi, Chennangi, Gullakaraka, Chinnagi (Telugu)
  • Chhena, Salora, Sidha (Oria)
  • Siddeshwara (Sanskrit)
  • Lendya (Marathi)
  • Cimanii, Malamaruthu, Venthekku (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in plains
• Comments / notes : On hills above 500m in deciduous belt in full sun.
• Flower, Fruit : February-May; Fr. May onwards
• Collector(s) Name : Syed Maqsood Ahamed; K.R.Keshava Murthy, K.P.Sreenath
• Collection Date : 30-03-1978, 19-12-1978
• Collection Nos : KFP 495, KFP 5077
• Collection Locality : Melkote, Mandya district; Naryanadurga state forest, Melkote, Mandya district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Visakhapatnam district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : Burdwan, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Midnapur, Purulia
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
  • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
  • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
  • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
  • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
• Read more :
  • GBIF Data Online (Access to herbarium specimens)
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lagerstroemia parviflora
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Lagerstroemia parviflora. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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